WSA BA Year Abroad Programmes

Academic Regulations: Faculty of Arts and Humanities

School	Winchester School of Art
Final Award	Bachelor of Arts (Hons) With exit awards of: Certificate of Higher Education Diploma of Higher Education
Programme(s)	BA Luxury Brand Management (Year Abroad) BA Fashion Marketing with Management (Year Abroad) BA Games Design and Art (Year Abroad) BA Graphic Communication (Year Abroad) BSc Creative Computing (Year Abroad) BA Fine Art (Year Abroad)
Last modified	June 2026

The Academic Regulations apply to and regulate the programme(s) listed above.

On occasion, programmes can be exempted from one or more of the clauses in the Regulations; one or more of the clauses can be varied; and programmes can impose additional requirements.

Exemptions are characterised by the omission of the relevant clause.
Variations are characterised by the replacement of the clause with alternative wording.
Additions are characterised by requirements in addition to those detailed in the Academic regulations.

The programmes listed have approval from the Academic Quality and Standards Subcommittee for the exemptions and/or variations and/or additions to the regulations noted below.

Progression, Determination and Classification of Results: Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes			Exemption/Variation/Addition
4. Referral
4.2.1	A student Failing in Modules to a maximum of 30 ECTS (60 CATS) who has achieved the University Average Mark for the Part may be awarded credit and a Pass by Compensation in eligible Modules up to a maximum of 15 ECTS (30 CATS). A student may then Refer in up to 15 ECTS (30 CATS) of further modules, with the constraints that all Core Modules and all Modules in which the mark obtained is less than the Qualifying Mark must be Referred and that Referrals may be taken only in the minimum number of credits needed to achieve a Pass in the Part, as long as doing so successfully would enable the student to Pass the Part. A student who cannot obtain a Pass through the permitted number of Referrals is required to Repeat the Part.		Variation A student Failing in Modules equivalent to a maximum of 15 ECTS (30 CATS) at a partner institution may be awarded credit and a Pass by Compensation in eligible Modules up to maximum of 15 ECTS (30 CATS) or equivalent. Students who fail more than 30 CATS (15 ECTS) will not satisfy the requirements of the Year Abroad pathway and will transfer back to the equivalent non year abroad programme.
5. Repeat
5.1		A student who has not progressed to the next Part of the programme at the first attempt and who has either also not progressed after Referral (where permitted) or who does not qualify to take Referral assessments under section 4 above may Repeat the appropriate Part of the programme.	Exemption The compulsory year abroad is exempt from section 5 (Repeat) clause 5.1 of the Progression, Determination and Classification of Results: Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes. It is not possible to Repeat the compulsory year abroad and the student will be required to transfer back to the equivalent non-year abroad programme.

These regulations should be read in conjunction with the programme specification.

Disclaimer:

As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student’s period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.